Regenerative Agriculture: The Transition
In the face of peak oil and in order to curb carbon emissions, methods of farming that depend less on oil and natural gas, respectively to run machinery and to make synthetic fertilizers, must be sought.
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Review: Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist
It’s remarkable how much information this slim paperback carries. It doesn’t try to teach all the basics of gardening and landscaping, but instead focuses on several projects…
Permaculture and the Myth of Scarcity
"[While] the transitional period may involve temporary food shortages and real hardship, permaculture methods can easily feed the peak world population of perhaps 10 or 11 billion we’ll see by mid-century."
Multi-Functional Plants for the Permaculture Garden
If you have a choice of planting a tree, shrub, vine, herbaceous plant, or groundcover that only has one function or another species that fills that desired function and also provides three other benefits, why wouldn’t you plant the more functional species?
Call to Action: Reclaim the Climate Movement (Australia)
…I won’t be marching this weekend. I’ll be taking action instead.
Understanding Economies of Scale
And again I come back to my central (but evolving) thesis: permaculture is failing because we are only practicing one part of it effectively.
The Permaculture Fail
I write this not to be discouraging or defeatist, but to impress upon you that it is time we started creating the socio-economic models that will make permaculture successful.
One Hundred Thirty Nine Square Miles of Sand, Part III: Denouement
Permaculture brings peace by achieving food sovereignty, decolonizing our food systems and supporting local producers. It restores the natural world that makes human life possible, even in the desert.
20 Urban Food Forests from Around the World
The concept of a food forest has its roots in permaculture, a philosophy that advocates for managing agricultural landscapes in harmony with nature.
Three Weeds You Can Eat
When I’m out weeding, I’m foraging as well.
Farming peace for Palestine
Olive trees in the Holy Land are a renowned symbol of peace.
“Pollinators of Native Plants” is a Great Resource for Creating Pollinator Habitat
A whole range of people will find Heather Holm’s book useful, from gardeners, organic farmers, and permaculturalists, to garden and landscape designers, as well as those restoring and managing natural areas.
